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01-17-2013 08:42 PM

HD Blazingwolf

oh yeah for sure. intel dropped the bomb when amd came out with the bulldozer
AMD waved the white flag and said they would no longer run the race, just continue to make mid level stuff, and make advancement in microsystem processing such as phones and tv's

01-17-2013 07:48 PM

CoffeeLove

Amd is ok for budget builds especially in their cpu department where everything gets stomped on by Intel.

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01-17-2013 07:08 PM

HD Blazingwolf

I KNOW they play games good.. sheesh

but nvidia does more than graphics cards now.. their expanding to full entertainment needs

ahh maybe im just being stingy.. i do like nvidia.
just like intel rox but i'm an AMD fanboy for sure

glad to hear!!! the gtx series was a good jump for nvidia
they stil lhave a lot of R&D the need to invest in, thye personally spend too much on making their video cards do more than they should.. they just need to make them play games the way we want them to be played!!!!!!!!

What? They do. At ultra and 60fps.

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01-16-2013 09:02 PM

HD Blazingwolf

glad to hear!!! the gtx series was a good jump for nvidia
they stil lhave a lot of R&D the need to invest in, thye personally spend too much on making their video cards do more than they should.. they just need to make them play games the way we want them to be played!!!!!!!!

01-16-2013 07:29 PM

CoffeeLove

I'm partial to nvidia. They release great drivers and games usually run into less problems with an nvidia card

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01-16-2013 07:08 PM

happi

i went for gtx 660ti Sc and running everything on ultra settings. thanks guys

12-03-2012 02:26 AM

GeToChKn

Sorry, I was wrong on the card.

Looking at the OP's motherboard, it's only a 775, so core2duo, core2quad maximum cpu, so any decent GPU is probably going to top out fine and their CPU is going to bottleneck at some point, especially if it's a dual core in games like 64player BF3.

12-03-2012 01:26 AM

Apyrase

Oops, sorry if I jumped to conclusions!

It's going to vary between CPU to CPU but the difference is very negligible.

Comparison between a high end Intel processor (i7-3930k) with a rather low end AMD (Phenom II x4):

benchmarks are good, but on what board, on what cpu? they can't logically be the same,
even if a board can run both cards, it will run one better than the other

12-03-2012 12:54 AM

Apyrase

Quote:

Originally Posted by HD Blazingwolf

nvidia has more process cores, more memorry bandwidth, and basically more pwoer. period

Now see, this is where you're wrong and an example of the fanboyism I talked about.

1) The GTX 690 is more than twice the price of a 7970, so this is not even a fair comparison. He did say he wanted to spend $300-400, not $1000+.
2) More processor cores does not mean better performance in all cases. It depends on the architecture.
3) Since the 690 is a dual-gpu card, it effectively halves the specs listed for memory bandwidth. In actuality, it only has 2 Gbs of usable VRAM and a 256 bit-bus, compared to the 7970s 3Gbs and 384bit-bus.4) You want actual benchmarks, not just specs.

Here's a good benchmark comparing a 7950 to a 660ti which are at exactly the same price point (~$300). You'll notice that it's faster than even a 670. Now keep in mind that the 7970 is even better than the 7950 and still the same price as a 670.

radeon's are smoother running just don't have as much nuts. similar to when intel and AMD where battling out processors. amd' cpu's are better all round cpus and intel's are just power hogs.. but intel played their hand and AMD waved the white flag. they will no longer be running the race, just content to have second hand cpu's at an affordable price

nvidia has more process cores, more memorry bandwidth, and basically more pwoer. period
radeon's are smoother running just don't have as much nuts. similar to when intel and AMD where battling out processors. amd' cpu's are better all round cpus and intel's are just power hogs.. but intel played their hand and AMD waved the white flag. they will no longer be running the race, just content to have second hand cpu's at an affordable price

7970 is NOT a dual GPU card. The 7990 (made by only a couple brands since it's not technically a real card pushed out by AMD) is the dual GPU card.

The 7970 is the flagship card for AMD and currently the best single video card solution (beating even the 680) but the 660ti is the 3rd highest on nVidia right now. nVidia's prices are always higher because there are so many people out there who swear that they're the better brand (not true, they're very even).

In my opinion (excuse my low post count, I'm new to aquariums but a veteran in computer parts), you should get the 7970, as it has more VRAM and a higher memory bus than the 660ti, which is definitely more futureproof than nVidia cards. You will have to take in consideration of having ~500w power supply at least and enough room in your case though.

Really it comes down to whats games you want to play the most, use that site I linked to compare cards for the games you want. Some games amd is better, some nvidia, some they are even, some were worse at the time the benchmark was done but are winning now with new drivers or game patches. lol. It's all very confusing.

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